Arikara Yellow Beans

Arikara Yellow BeansWillowood Farms grows a beanA rare heirloom bean from the Dakota Arikara tribe, known to feed Lewis and Clark on their westward journey.

Arikara people are now a North Dakota Tribe after their population was devastated by smallpox in the 18th century. Previously, centuries ago they were a semi-nomadic tribe living in the Great Plains and were primarily an agricultural society. Having crops including corn, squash, watermelon, pumpkins and Arikara Yellow beans.

It is commonly believed that these yellow beans moved with Lewis and Clark across the lands to the west.